What's Prince Harry's secret?
Britain's Prince Harry has revealed a secret. The fourth in line to the throne unveiled a hidden fear yesterday in support of the #FeelNoShame campaign being run by his Sentebale charity for World AIDS Day.
Prince Harry co-founded the Sentebale charity with Lesotho's Prince Seeiso in 2006 after being struck by the impact of AIDS/HIV on children and young people in the southern African nation.
Wearing the red ribbon of the AIDS awareness campaign, Prince Harry revealed his secret in a video message released at 1 pm GMT.
He said Sentebale encouraged children to talk openly about their health concerns.
"My secret is -- believe it or not -- I get incredibly nervous before public speaking, no matter how big the crowd or the audience and, um, despite the fact that I laugh and joke all the time I get incredibly nervous, if not anxious, actually, before going into rooms full of people when I'm wearing a suit," he said. "And now that I've confessed that, I'll probably be even more worried that people are looking at me."
"To show our support to the children of Lesotho and help reduce the stigma for all those affected by HIV, we are turning this World AIDS Day into a day in which no one should feel any shame about their secrets," Prince Harry said.
"Myself and many others will be sharing secrets of our own throughout the day and we ask everyone else to do the same. Please use the hashtag #FeelNoShame to share your secret on social media and show the children of Lesotho that they are not alone.
“Together we can tackle the stigma surrounding HIV and give the young people carrying it the treatment that they deserve -- the childhood so many of us take for granted."
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